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Located on Sydney’s Lower North Shore, this original 1970’s townhouse was renovated by interior designer Lynne Bradley recently after a family of four moved in. “My clients had recently purchased this property and were down-sizing from a large family home. Their new townhouse was in much need of some love and personality and a revision of …
We talk a lot about kerbside appeal and the impact a gorgeous front door can have, but the same can be said for the garage. In some ways you could argue that the garage door is even more important, given its large surface area. It's a topic we have covered before. So if your garage door is looking a little downtrodden (extreme use and …
It's been a few months since we finished our kitchen and I'm still completely in love! We have added a few things, like navy linen blinds, and my next project will be to add a bit more colour and a few more styling elements (that's for another post!) because it still looks a little too much like a show kitchen (like that's a bad …
Bright fuchsia carpet, pastel blue and pink walls and emerald green velvet make for a fabulously opulent feel in this Melbourne family home that was renovated recently by the team at The Stylesmiths, with lead designer Danielle Brustman at the helm. The homeowners were keen to create a more ‘adult-friendly’ vibe given their children have grown up, …
As regular readers will know, we have been slowly but surely (some would say pretty quickly actually!) updating our family home from the "nanna house" we bought, for a year now. The bedrooms got off to a good start really quickly with carpet, paint, plantation shutters and new lighting. But the wardrobes were seriously letting them down. Until …
With the Australian appetite for renovating at an all-time high, new kitchen and laundry brand Kinsman is hoping to compete for a share of the renovation dollar. And to mark its entry into the market (there are currently 30 showrooms being rolled out in Good Guys stores in NSW, VIC, QLD and the ACT), the brand launched on the new season of Channel …
By Cherie Barber There’s a knack to extracting the most out of a small space, especially apartments. With no expansive foyers, hallways, multiple bedrooms and dead spaces to cram the extras into, you have to be especially inventive with the limited space you have. This month I thought I’d share a couple of space-saving projects I recently …
“The original home was a tiny pre-1946 cottage that was literally falling down,” says Letitia Ellis of her recently renovated home in Brisbane that was stripped right back and elevated to create a double story home that is almost unrecognisable from the original. “I lived in the original home for a few years prior to the renovation as it …
While not the most glamorous of topics, choosing the right shower head can have a significant bearing on just how glam you may feel when leaving the house. Take me for instance. I have the hair of three people meaning the shower head is possibly my chief concern in a bathroom. I’ve actually been known to choose a hotel based on the shower head and …
While the renovated and extended Victorian cottage is a fixture in Australian cities, it is nice to see just how differently each home is tackled. We've featured a couple of these renovations recently but this one is the most detailed which is unsurprising given that it belongs to a builder who built it to showcase his work. “This renovation …
